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2012 Spring Lecture Series

Lectures take place on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. in the Lang Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Suggested donation: $5.00 per person per lecture.

Feb. 29 – Complimentary Lives: Samuel E. Courtney and Booker T. Washington Presented by Holly Robbins: WSU Staff; independent writer, sculptor and graphic designer
             

April 18 – Antiquarian books Presented by Ken Gloss Owner, Brattle Bookshop
           

May 2 – John Smith VIII, Artist and muralist Q&A about his artwork, following the formal unveiling of his newest mural at the WATH, which will take place at 6 p.m. in the main lobby/Circ. Desk area. The mural is an image of the original Fowler Gillett house around the turn of the 19th c., when it became the Westfield Athenaeum; funding for the mural is being provided by a grant from IMLS in conjunction with WSU and the Downtown Gallery, Faith Lund, curator

June 13 – Too Human: Musicians Roger Bruno and Ellen Schwartz Jazz renditions of songs from the American Songbook 



 The Lecture Series is funded in part by Friends of the Westfield Athenaeum